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Having a sensible safety conversation about living, working, and learning alongside people with sex-related convictions is fairly rare in Ohio, as it is in the rest of the U.S. Politically expedient fear-mongering and knee-jerk policy-making tend to be the norm, sometimes even creating a social environment where sexual offending is more likely, not less. The Ohio Justice & Policy Center

The following is an image appearing on the W.A.R. (WomenAgainstRegistry.org) website from this past week’s Rally In Tally peaceful protest. The image speaks for itself.  

[FAC COMMENT: IT’S REFRESHING TO READ AN ARTICLE THAT CONTAINS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS ‘POSE PROBLEMS’. AFTER ALL, THESE RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS WERE PASSED UNDER THE FALSE PRESUMPTION THAT THEY WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. IN THE MEAN TIME, THAT MYTH HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BEEN DISPROVED AS THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN SOMEONE’S PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL/PARK/PLAYGROUND/BUS STOP AND THEIR LIKELIHOOD

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Sex offenders moving to Pasco County will soon have major restrictions as to where they can live. That’s after a new tougher county ordinance was passed Tuesday afternoon. The commissioners unanimously voted in favor of the ordinance , even after hearing first hand from a man who was convicted for having sexual relations with a

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – For months residents in a Fort Lauderdale community say they dealt with two major issues — a group of sex offenders and a group of homeless people living under bridges near their homes causing problems. Now, those residents say they’re getting the help they need from state and local officials. The residents say their complaints prompted

How misinformed can people be? __________   COLLIER COUNTY, FL – It’s about to get harder for sex offenders to move to Marco Island. Monday night city councilors voted 7-0 to increase the minimum distance offenders can live from schools, playgrounds and other child facilities. Currently they cannot live closer than 1,000 feet from a facility with children – and